It's not really 'Suburbs' in the way the word seems to be used in the US. In Swedish the word suburb (förort) tends to more refer to the areas just outside city limits with large cheap housing projects. Saying you are from 'förorten' implies you grew up in an impoverished area. Much like saying you are from "the projects" in the US.

All these crime-ridden suburbs are within 20-30ish minutes easy public transport to the city center.

Basically think these sorts of buildings: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Hammarku...

rather than these sorts of buildings: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Su...